The effing c-word explores the enormous fun and marital strife to be found in playing village cricket, and its relationship to the big, cash-hungry international roadshow of the professional game. As much for the casual fan as the obsessive player, The effing c-word touches on everything from the aesthetics to the psychology of the game, by way of its language, physics, people, media, laws, history, and of course the famous ‘spirit’ of cricket. The comprehensive glossary is as entertaining as it is exhaustive. “Great fun and full of passion. And I thought I was a cricket nut!” Lawrence Booth, Editor, Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack “A very funny take on our exhaustingly wonderful sport.” Andrew Miller, Editor, The Cricketer “2012’s answer to Rain Men” Dan Norcross, Founder, Test Match Sofa